CHR 495925 – Achyranthes velutina Hook. & Arn.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 495925
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
14 October 1994
Database record updated:
20 September 2013
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Achyranthes velutina Hook. & Arn.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1999-10-12 (Verbatim: 12 Oct 1999)
Preferred name:
Achyranthes velutina Hook. & Arn.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Austral Islands, Raivavae, Motu Vaiamanu
Verbatim locality:
Austral Islands, Raivavae, Motu Vaiamanu
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 301/FP
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
13 May 1992
Start date:
1992-05-13
Country:
French Polynesia
Habitat:
Low scrub in middle of motu, surrounded by trees.
Notes:
Shrub, rambling, to c. 1.5 m high amongst other vegetation; main stem c. 2 cm thick. Leaves grey felty. Shoots purplish. Bracts shining purple. "Perianth" pink. Only plant seen.
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